Russia has over 260,000 active COVID cases

Over the past day, medical experts recorded 9,163 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, Report informs referring to Russian media.

The total number of registered cases in the country since the pandemic onset has reached 5,126,437.

Currently, 266,204 Russians are undergoing treatment to beat the viral disease.

To date, a total of 123,787 people died due to COVID-related health complications in Russia, including 351 deaths seen over the past day. The number of recoveries is 4,736,446.

More than 173.75 million people globally have contracted the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The deadly pathogen has claimed over 3.73 million lives, though unable to cope with 156.63 million patients, who managed to recover.